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REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS
Volume 81, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.3268510
Keywords
biomedical equipment; cyclotron resonance; ion accelerators; ion sources; radiation therapy
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Heavy ion radiotherapy awakens worldwide interest recently. The clinical results obtained by the Heavy Ion Medical Accelerator in Chiba at the National Institute of Radiological Sciences in Japan have clearly demonstrated the advantages of carbon ion radiotherapy. Presently, there are four facilities for heavy ion radiotherapy in operation, and several new facilities are under construction or being planned. The most common requests for ion sources are a long lifetime and good stability and reproducibility. Sufficient intensity has been achieved by electron cyclotron resonance ion sources at the present facilities.
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